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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.

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Nick Saban
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 31
American Football Player
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Nicholas Lou Saban
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The difference nowadays is that when I go on vacation I work some of the time rather than all of the time.
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I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.
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Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone’s behavior.
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You can't get from A to Z by passing up B.
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We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody's got to buy into that standard or you really can't have any team chemistry. Mediocre people don't like high-achievers and high-achievers don't like mediocre people.
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Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people.
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The formula for success is every guy can make a difference for the entire team in whatever his role is. And to do it right, to get it right, is a critical factor in being successful.
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We're not going to talk about what we're going to accomplish, we're going to talk about how we're going to do it.
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I'm tired of hearing all this talk from people who don't understand the process of hard work-like little kids in the back seat asking 'Are we there yet?' Get where you're going 1 mile-marker at a time.
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Teaching is the ability to inspire learning.
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One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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